Protests at Chana (Jana) industrial estate project public hearing in Songkhla Opponents of the Chana (Jana) industrial estate project staged a protest on Saturday morning, in front of Chana Wittaya School in Chana district of Thailand’s southern province of Songkhla, where a public hearing on the controversial project was being held by the Southern Border […]
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$32.5million solar power farm opens in Vietnam’s Ninh Thuận province A new solar farm valued at VNĐ750 million (about US$32.5 million) was officially opened for operation in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận on Thursday. Financed by LICOGI 16 Joint Stock Co, the 35MWp Nhơn Hải-Ninh Thuận solar farm covers 42ha in Nhơn Hải District. […]
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Construction of Cambodia’s Phnom Penh’s Ring Road 3 Almost 40 Percent Complete The construction project of Phnom Penh’s ring road 3 linking National Road No. 4 in Sangkat Chaom Chau 3, Khan Pursenchey, Phnom Penh to National Road No. 1 in Dei Edth commune, Kean Svay district, Kandal province has been 39.76 percent complete as […]
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Bidding process starts for the 140-billion-baht Orange Line western extension linking the Thailand Cultural Centre with Bang Khun Non The bidding process to find a contractor to build and operate the 140-billion-baht Orange Line western extension linking the Thailand Cultural Centre with Bang Khun Non kicked off on Friday with four major players showing interest […]
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Wind Vietnam Virtual 2020 event will take place 12 August 2020 In 2020, Vietnam Government confirmed its approval in principle for adding at least 4,500 MW of wind energy to the current power development master plan (PDP VII) citing its concern of serious power shortage from 2023 due to significant delay of coalfired power plants. […]
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BG Container Glass (BGC), Thailand’s largest glass container packaging manufacturer, in talks to buy Vietnam solar farms BG Container Glass (BGC), Thailand’s largest glass container packaging manufacturer by capacity, is negotiating with investors in Vietnam to buy solar farms worth over 1 billion baht as it seeks new business opportunities in renewable energy. The company […]
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Vietnam mulls return to nuclear energy after 2035 Vietnam mulls return to nuclear energy after 2035 amid warnings that dwindling natural resources could lead to electricity shortages. The VNExpress reported. A draft power plan by the Ministry of Industry and Trade envisages building nuclear power plants with a capacity of 1,000 MW by 2040 and […]
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Vietnam’s tourism drops through the floor, a massive drop of 57% Vietnam recorded 3.7 million visits from January to June, a massive drop of 57% compared with the first half of 2019 according to data from the Government Statistics Office. Based on the first half fall, the country is now looking at a year-end total […]
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AFRY awarded owner’s engineering services assignment for 6 gas-fired cogeneration power plant projects in Thailand B.Grimm Power, one of South East Asia’s largest private power producers, have awarded AFRY with an Owner’s Engineer services assignment for six gas-fired cogeneration power plant projects in Rayong, Chonburi and Ang Thong provinces in Thailand. Construction of the first […]
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Expats’ Facebook Group keeps tabs on ‘Dual Pricing’ venues in Thailand The days of showing up at a pristine national park only to be told you’d be charged 10 times what a local would pay is over, thanks to a Facebook community naming and shaming venues that continue to apply “farang prices” on foreign visitors. […]
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